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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Israel receives first 2 Lavi trainers

M-346 training jetAlenia Aermacchi on 9 July delivered the first two of 30 M-346 training jets to the Israeli Air Force.

The M-346 – renamed the “Lavi” by Israel – will replace Douglas TA-4s and eliminate the need to bridge with the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B for Israeli fighter pilots.

Israel selected the M-346 in 2012 as part of a government-to-government agreement with Italy, which included the sale of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)/Gulfstream G550 conformal airborne early warning and control aircraft to the Italian air force.

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